10 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.041 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.1%
The Microsoft Visual Studio Code Remote Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) extension is prior to version 0.63.11. It is, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the victim.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
##
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(156113);
script_version("1.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-43907");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0583-S");
script_name(english:"Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio Code Remote WSL Extension (December 2021)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host has an application installed that is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Microsoft Visual Studio Code Remote Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) extension is prior to version 0.63.11. It is,
therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to
execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the victim.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
# https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/main/remote-release-notes/v1_63.md
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?cdd3aac0");
# https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0f3abdc5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the Microsoft Visual Studio Code Remote WSL extension to version 0.63.11 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-43907");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/12/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/12/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/12/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_code");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Windows");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("microsoft_visual_studio_code_win_extensions_installed.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/Microsoft Visual Studio Code", "SMB/Registry/Enumerated");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf.inc');
get_kb_item_or_exit('SMB/Registry/Enumerated');
var app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'vs-code::remote-wsl', win_local:TRUE);
vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:3);
var constraints = [
{ 'fixed_version' : '0.63.11' }
];
vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
microsoft | visual_studio_code | cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_code |
10 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.041 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.1%